Sood Surname

10,739th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52,360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Sood Surname User-submission:

Sood is a Rajput community (descendents of Sodha Rajputs), but some gotras are merchants. Later, with the influence of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, they converted to Sikhism. In India, they are mostly in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and other areas of Northern India.

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Sood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India36,0381:21,2851,647
Pakistan4,5621:39,1591,747
United States3,0121:120,33812,879
England1,9441:28,6623,869
Canada9811:37,5594,751
United Arab Emirates9201:9,9591,253
Malaysia6501:45,3763,624
Bangladesh6311:252,5467,887
Australia5941:45,4475,703
Egypt3971:231,57616,276
Thailand3741:188,87331,054
Indonesia3001:440,83136,784
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Philippines1801:562,43562,921
Qatar1721:13,7091,501
New Zealand1551:29,2155,112
Oman1471:25,0882,155
Singapore1371:40,2021,485
Kuwait1161:32,7654,071
Scotland1111:48,2334,226
Tanzania771:687,55339,898
Bahrain731:18,4743,432
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Finland341:161,66814,556
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Wales191:162,87011,152
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
France81:8,302,840321,660
Norway81:642,78647,258
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
China61:227,886,92811,701
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Sood (9,376) may also be a first name.

Sood Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Sood is a Rajput community (descendents of Sodha Rajputs), but some gotras are merchants. Later, with the influence of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, they converted to Sikhism. In India, they are mostly in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and other areas of Northern India.

The word sood or sudh means 'victor of enemies' in Sanskrit, according to Amarkosh.

- soodvi

Sood/Sud is a last name of Punjabi origin with close ties to the Khatri community in Punjab (India). According to the caste system in India, the Sood caste was of the warriors and knights. Though some sources claim the origin of the Sood Surname is from Iran, meaning 'gain', 'benefit', or 'interest', which shows the Soods might have also been merchants from Iran.

- f.edevane

The surname Sood or Sud originally belongs to a Rajput community (descendants of Sodha Rajputs), but some gotras are merchants. With the influence of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, many converted to Sikhism. In India, they are mostly in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and other areas of Northern India.

- Forebears.io

Sood Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sood Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sood (Hindi: सूद, Marathi: सोड) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sood? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sood is the 10,739th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 139,182 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Sood live; 79 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sood is also the 63,995th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 9,376 people.

Sood is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 36,038 people, or 1 in 21,285. In India it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 42 percent live, Delhi, where 26 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Aside from India it is found in 85 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Sood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sood last name expanded 301,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 64,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sood Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sood last name are 1.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.26% being registered with the party.

The amount Sood earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 43.47% more than the national average, earning 496,518 kr per year; in United States they earn 32.25% more than the national average, earning $57,063 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.14% more than the national average, earning $60,683 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shood89624/
Soodt8950/
Soodh8910/
Sgood892/
Soo'd891/
Soods891/
Soo8644,433/
Sod86938/
Soodts8092/
Schood801/
Shhood801/
Shoo7516,174/
Soud7515,405/
Soos755,729/
Jood752,928/
Sooy75986/
Soot75518/
Soid75440/
Soop75343/
Sodd75188/
Sodt75173/
Soed75131/
Suod75123/
Cood75112/
Shod7596/
Sodh7596/
Szoo7567/
Sjoo7534/
Sooz7521/
Sooß7519/
Sohd7513/
Siod7512/
Zood755/
Sods754/
Soyd753/
Sooe753/
Sodz753/
Scod753/
Sosd752/
Sooa752/
Sooš752/
Jsoo752/
Xood752/
Szod751/
Sooj751/
S'Oo751/
Sgoo751/
So'd751/
Sotd751/
Ssoo751/
Jsod751/
Schoodt7334/
Soohood737/
Geesood733/
So671,141,441/
Shoop675,235/
Schoo672,431/
Soots671,417/
Shoot67567/
Soost67531/
Sooch67482/
Scoot67406/
Joodt67351/
Shoid67108/
Schod6792/
Sooth6777/
Shoud6761/
Shhod6736/
Shoed6734/
Soote6732/
Sohud6723/
Soudh6719/
Shodd6717/
Sshoo6716/
Soosh6716/
Soedt6715/
Shoos6714/
Soihd6712/
Soohs6712/
Sjodt6711/
Hsooh6711/
Sooss6710/
Soott676/
Shhoo676/
Sodth675/
Jhood675/
Shodh675/
Joodh674/
Soidh674/
Soddt672/
Chood672/
Shooh672/
Sooys672/
Shuod672/
Cooyd671/
Scodt671/
Sooou671/
Soudt671/
Sjoud671/
Shgoo671/
Shshoodh671/
Shjod671/
Shooa671/
Sousd671/
Soydt671/
Sodgy671/
Joods671/
Souyd671/
Siooo671/
Sodsh671/
Sochd671/
Sooph671/
Szoot671/
Sshod671/
Shoyd670/
Soopp670/
Shodt670/
Shooe670/
Scodd670/
Sootz670/
Sodtz670/
Shods670/
Sodch670/

Sood Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sood in the Marathi language
सोडsoda-
Sood in the Hindi language
सूदsuda97.99

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